page_title: Caudal mucous pit
hierarchical_section_title: Caudal mucous pit
caption_attribution_description: English: drawing of Ariophanta interrupta.
context_page_description: The caudal mucous pit, or caudal mucous horn, is an anatomical structure on the tail end of the foot of various land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
  The function of this pit is the resorption of mucus when the gastropod is moving.
  An incorrect and yet often-used term for this structure is the "caudal gland".
  This area also used to be referred to by the term "caudal pore".
context_section_description: The caudal mucous pit, or caudal mucous horn, is an anatomical structure on the tail end of the foot of various land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
  The function of this pit is the resorption of mucus when the gastropod is moving (see also Muratov 1999).
  An incorrect and yet often-used term for this structure is the "caudal gland".
  This area also used to be referred to by the term "caudal pore".
caption: Drawing of Ariophanta interrupta shows the large caudal mucous pit on its tail end.
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